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Jeffco Sheriff Jeff Shrader last week presented the commissioners the county’s crime stats for the second quarter of 2016, which showed interesting changes in the property-crime categories compared to prior years.

Dakota Ridge High School’s first EagleFest, a celebration of the school’s 20th anniversary, promises athletic events, a 5K run, a carnival and a chance for students and alumni to watch their principal splash into a dunk tank.

The event will be held Aug. 20 at the school, starting at 7 a.m. and continuing through the afternoon with five main activities.

At first blush, South Jeffco resident Tatum Moore appears to be a pretty typical 10-year-old girl.

She enjoys dancing and twirling to music, and spends a lot of time chasing her 5-year-old brother, Tegan, around the living room. Tegan usually catches an adoring bop on the head from his older sister when she catches him.

The Foothills Park & Recreation District is in the black following the second quarter, thanks in part to cost savings from unfilled seasonal jobs, but department heads are pushing for salary increases in 2017 to address employee retention issues.

Test results released by Jeffco Public Schools last week have revealed that at least 38 elementary schools in the district have high levels of lead in the drinking water from at least one sink or water fountain, including 11 schools in the mountain area and in South Jeffco.

Police believe a gun involved in the accidental shooting of an Edgewater 13-year-old was among the dozens of firearms stolen from two Littleton gun stores last month.

Edgewater Police Chief John Mackey said the teen was accidentally shot in the leg while standing with three other juveniles on an apartment balcony July 14. Mackey said the teen was expected to recover.

During staff briefings July 19, two of Jeffco's county commissioners asked staff to draft a letter in support of “Raise the Bar: Protect Our Constitution.”

Spearheaded by former state senators Greg Brophy and Dan Gibbs, Raise the Bar is a ballot initiative aimed at making it more difficult to change Colorado’s constitution. Brophy, a Republican who represented Colorado’s 1st Senate District for nearly a decade until his unsuccessful bid for governor in 2014, appeared July 19 before the commission.